Employee Benefit Open Enrollment
Employee Benefit Open Enrollment
Benefit Open Enrollment May 1st - May 31st
Benefit open enrollment is a designated period that allows eligible employees to make certain changes to their benefits. Because the District offers pre-tax payroll deductions for medical, dental, vision, and flexible spending accounts through an IRS Section 125 (Cafeteria) Plan, changes to benefit elections are generally limited. Benefit Open Enrollment provides an opportunity to make allowable updates during this time.
The changes made during Benefit Open Enrollment will take effect at the start of the new plan year on September 1st. Benefit payroll deductions for the new plan year will begin with the August paycheck.
What changes can be made?
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Add or Remove dependents from benefit plans.
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Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) require enrollment or re-enrollment every year. If you want to participate in an FSA, you must take action during Spring Enrollment.
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If you are not making changes to your medical, dental, or vision coverage for the upcoming plan year, no action is required for those benefits.
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Enroll in additional optional benefits.
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Benefit changes made outside of Benefit Open Enrollment are limited and must meet the guidelines of the District’s Cafeteria Plan, as described in the Qualifying Life Event Guide.
Enrolling dependents?
If you are enrolling eligible dependents on your plan, documentation is required.
How to submit:
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Review the acceptable forms of documentation.
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Scan and upload via ARCORO during Benefit Open Enrollment.
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Fax to HR at (208) 854-4010 (confidential).
Submit & Confirm Your Elections
Starting May 1st -
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Log in to ARCORO and select Spring Enrollment from the drop-down menu.
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Complete or Cancel the event—
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Once you start the Spring Enrollment event, you must complete it for your benefit elections to be processed.
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If you decide no changes are needed, be sure to cancel the event.
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Submit your elections.
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Check your District email for a confirmation statement, and REVIEW YOUR ELECTIONS carefully.
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If changes are needed after reviewing your confirmation statement, updates must be submitted by May 31st.
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If you do not receive the confirmation email by the time you go off-duty in May, check your District email during your off-duty time.